In supplement to the centenarian page, this list is meant for the purpose of naming those individuals of achievement who have come close but have not officially attained 100 years of age. This is also intended to provide information for those who will be reaching the century mark relatively soon.

• Giorgio Abetti (1882-1982)
• Alexandra Adler (1901-2001)
• Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001)
• Israel Amir (1903-2002)
• Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004)
• Ba Jin (1904-Living)
• Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898-1997)
• Carl Barks (1901-2000)
• Dave Beck (1894-1993)
• James Ware Bradbury (1802-1901)
• John Randolph Bray (1879-1978)
• Lord Fenner Brockway (1888-1988)
• Anton Burg (1904-2003)
• Burrill B. Crohn (1884-1983)
• Morarji Desai (1896-1995)
• Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905-2004)
• Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905-Living)
• Luis A. Ferré (1904-2003)
• Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
• Frederick W. Franz (1893-1992)
• John N. Garner (1868-1967)
• Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
• Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966)
• Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904-2003)
• Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)
• Sir Julian Hodge (1904-2004)
• Hanya Holm (1893-1992)
• Paul Henry Hopkins (1904-2004)
• William Ellsworth Hoy (1862-1961)
• William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)
• Abel Kiviat (1892-1991)
• Franz König (1905-2004)
• Stanley J. Kunitz (1905-Living)
• Sebastian S. Kresge (1867-1966)
• Eve Curie LaBouisse (1904-Living)
• Charles Lane (1905-Living)
• Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995)
• Frank B. Morrison (1905-2004)
• Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
• James Martin Peebles (1822-1922)
• Rudolph A. Peterson (1904-2003)
• Charles Poletti (1903-2002)
• Glenn Presnell (1905-2004)
• Arthur Emmons Raymond (1899-1999)
• Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996)
• Billy Rogell (1904-2003)
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999)
• Max Schmeling (1905-Living)
• Alexander Skutch (1904-2004)
• Michael Stasinopoulos (1903-2002)
• Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998)
• James Swinnerton (1875-1974)
• Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996)
• Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)
• Paine Wingate (1739-1838)
• Sewall Wright (1889-1988)
• Jack Yellen (1892-1991)
• Michal Zymierski (1890-1989)